The Cardinals battled back from a four-run deficit to tie the game, only to have the bullpen give up two solo home runs: first, Ryan Sherriff gave up a home run to Javier Baez in thesixth and then Matt Bowman gave up a solo home run to Anthony Rizzo in the seventh.
Leone was brought out of the bullpen in the eighth inning to pitch, but he felt something in his right arm that the team described as right bicep cramping.
"I sent him a video yesterday just congratulating him," Matheny said. "I see the person, not just the player.